2025 National League play-off final

2025 National League play-off final

The 2025 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match played on 1 June 2025 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Oldham Athletic and Southend United.

The match determined the second and final team to gain promotion from the National League, the fifth tier of English football, to EFL League Two. The champions of the 2024–25 National League season gained automatic promotion to EFL League Two, while the teams placed from second to seventh took part in the play-offs; Oldham Athletic finished in fifth position while Southend United finished in seventh position, both going through the eliminator rounds to get to the final. The attendance of 52,115 was a record for a National League match, beating the previous best of 47,029 when Bristol Rovers defeated Grimsby Town to win promotion at the same venue in 2015.

Match

Details

<table><thead><tr><th>GK</th><th>1</th><th>Mathew Hudson</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>CB</td><td>2</td><td>Reagan Ogle</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>16</td><td>Charlie Raglan (c)</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>6</td><td>Manny Monthé</td><td> 90+2'</td></tr><tr><td>RM</td><td>29</td><td>Joe Pritchard</td><td> 45+2'</td><td> 67'</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>24</td><td>Corry Evans</td><td> 79'</td><td> 101'</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>28</td><td>Vimal Yoganathan</td><td></td><td> 84'</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>4</td><td>Tom Pett</td></tr><tr><td>LM</td><td>3</td><td>Mark Kitching</td><td></td><td> 98'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>9</td><td>Mike Fondop</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>14</td><td>Joe Garner</td><td></td><td> 75'</td></tr><tr><td>Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>31</td><td>Tom Donaghy</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>5</td><td>Shaun Hobson</td><td> 100'</td><td> 98'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>10</td><td>Tom Conlon</td><td></td><td> 84'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>15</td><td>Jordan Rossiter</td><td></td><td> 114'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>17</td><td>Jesurun Uchegbulam</td><td> 114'</td><td> 67'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>26</td><td>Kian Harratt</td><td></td><td> 101'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>30</td><td>James Norwood</td><td></td><td> 75'</td></tr><tr><td>Manager:</td></tr><tr><td>Micky Mellon</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td>Nick Hayes</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>16</td><td>Harry Taylor</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>20</td><td>Ben Goodliffe</td></tr><tr><td>CB</td><td>3</td><td>Nathan Ralph (c)</td></tr><tr><td>RM</td><td>2</td><td>Gus Scott-Morriss</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>22</td><td>Keenan Forson</td><td></td><td> 114'</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>8</td><td>Noor Husin</td></tr><tr><td>CM</td><td>17</td><td>Cav Miley</td><td> 8'</td><td> 77'</td></tr><tr><td>LM</td><td>7</td><td>Jack Bridge</td><td></td><td> 64'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>21</td><td>Tom Hopper</td><td> 90'</td><td> 93'</td></tr><tr><td>CF</td><td>24</td><td>Charley Kendall</td><td></td><td> 64'</td></tr><tr><td>Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>25</td><td>Nathan Harness</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>4</td><td>George Wind</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>15</td><td>Joe Gubbins</td><td></td><td> 114'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>19</td><td>Leon Chambers-Parillon</td><td></td><td> 64'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>28</td><td>Oli Coker</td><td></td><td> 77'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>9</td><td>Macauley Bonne</td><td></td><td> 64'</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>11</td><td>Josh Walker</td><td></td><td> 93'</td></tr><tr><td>Manager:</td></tr><tr><td>Kevin Maher</td></tr></tbody></table>